Another perspective
Last night Sarah and Wendy, owners of the strange little cat we’ve had staying with us for the last two weeks, stayed the night and took our houseguest with them this morning. Sarah’s mother was along for the ride, as well.
They told us all about Sarah’s brother’s wedding, which was a couple of weeks ago at the Botanical Gardens in New York. Sarah’s mother kept saying how elegant it was. Sarah stressed the importance of going around to every table; apparently some people felt shunned when they didn’t get a visit from the bride and groom. And the food. She loved the food. Wendy mostly remembered the bride’s mother, who freaked out about every 12 seconds and required Wendy about 100 people.
They also said they would be willing to go look at dresses in September with me.
We also talked about the budget dilemna: the three-hour bar vs. the five-hour bar. Sarah came up with the best advice I’ve heard yet. She suggested going with the three-hour bar for now and then adding on the extra hours if we find that enough people can’t make it to make it affordable.
Personally, it’s more important to me to have all the people who are special to me to be there. I hate the idea of excluding people so that we can have a couple extra hours of open bar. But this way (and the Wake Robin is very flexible; at least, so far), we can have the best of both worlds.
